"People claim to be sane, skeptical, and ironic, when irony is not a real human trait, but a tunya spirit. Because love is not given to you as a gift by some face, just as the serenity of the soul does not come from the sight of the landscape, but from the successful undertaking of a mountain climber.
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Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAll Translations
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People claim to be sane, skeptical, and ironic, when irony is not a real human trait, but a tunya spirit. Because love is not given to you as a gift by some face, just as the serenity of the soul does not come from the sight of the landscape, but from the successful undertaking of a mountain climber.
""Emberek azt állítják magukról, hogy józanul gondolkodnak, szkeptikusak és ironikusak, holott az irónia nem az igazi ember, hanem a tunya szellem tulajdonsága. Mert a szerelmet sem ajándékként adja neked valamely arc, amint a lélek derűje sem a táj látványából, hanem sikerrel megvalósított hegymászó vállalkozásából származik."